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'\n My friends Wendy and Roger, who live outside of London and have more animals than the London Zoo, have a new acquisition aside from their new puppy, Poppy. It is a lantern clock from 1720 by Mark Hawkins which came from Bury St. Edmunds. \n\n It was made right where they live and here\'s the rub: It only has an hour hand. That\'s how it was designed and built. No minute hand. Turns out that minutes didn\'t used to matter all that much, which gives one pause. How do you get bac...

'For more information or to be a sponsor, call Billy Haynes at 409-4757 or David Culler at (214) 662-9778. • Toast and Jam will be held from 5 to 7 pm in the museum courtyard with good wine and music. Shelton Vineyards is the featured winery and Classic'

'Maynard works with Shawn Thackeray of Thackeray Farms and Billy Haynes of Blackbird Farms, both of whom grew up together on Wadmalaw Island. Maynard sells and delivers produce from both farms to local restaurants. He also retails their products at the'

Timeline

Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Billy Jack Haynes.

CHILDHOOD

1953Birth
Born on July 10, 1953.

THIRTIES

198430 Years Old
He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a run in Championship Wrestling from Florida and then had a brief run in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1985.
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Due to internal conflict between Fritz Von Erich and Billy, he was written out of the organization, jobbing to Rip Oliver in a storyline where Rip bloodies and injured Billy. He rarely stayed put in any federation that he went to. During that time he face off against the debuting Shawn Michaels. He started splitting his time between Portland Wrestling and CWF and wrestled with partner Wahoo McDaniel in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions where they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson. He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical. Read Less

198633 Years Old
In 1986, Haynes went to the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Randy Savage over the Intercontinental Championship and then with Hercules Hernandez over who was stronger, more muscular, and who had a better version of the full nelson (their mutual finishing maneuver).
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Their feud in the WWF peaked with what was dubbed "The Battle of the Full Nelsons" at WrestleMania III, where the two men battled to a double count-out. After the bell, Hercules' manager Bobby Heenan kneed Haynes in the back while he had Hercules in a full nelson out on the floor. Haynes chased Heenan into the ring where Hercules blindsided him with his trademark chain, hitting Haynes multiple times and (Kayfabe) cutting his forehead (in reality, Haynes had bladed himself with a small razor hidden in the tapes around his wrists after the first hit. He was actually seen on camera taking the razor out of his wrist tapes while chasing Heenan around the ring).<br /><br /> In the months to follow, the two had a series of "chain matches," where they were attached at the wrist by a foot long chain which could also be used as a weapon during the match. Haynes later teamed with fellow Oregon native Ken Patera who had returned to the WWF. Haynes saved Patera from a beating at the hands of Hercules and Harley Race after Patera's return match. The pair would later feud with Demolition after a television match where Demolition left Haynes, Patera, and Brady Boone (who played Haynes' cousin) beaten and lying in the ring. Read Less

198835 Years Old
Haynes went back to Oregon in 1988 and wrestled in their independents, including forming his own promotion, Oregon Wrestling Federation.
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In the early 1990s he did several shows for Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation, where they built up another strongman feud between Haynes and Ken Patera. Haynes returned to the major promotions when he appeared under a mask in World Championship Wrestling as Black Blood in Kevin Sullivan's stable. Read Less

199138 Years Old
Soon after The Great American Bash, he was fired in July 1991, due to a pay dispute.
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At the time he was fired, he suffered a severe knee injury. After a year and a half of rehabbing, he went back to Portland, where he was a heel this time and feuded with top babyface Steve Doll. Read Less

FORTIES

199542 Years Old
He showed up next in the United States Wrestling Association in 1995 and retired in early 1996.

LATE ADULTHOOD

201360 Years Old
On March 16, 2013, Haynes was hospitalized because he was suffering from an aortic aneurysm, and liver and kidney issues. In October 2014, the Portland Tribune reported that Haynes filed a lawsuit in federal court against WWE, alleging "egregious mistreatment of its wrestlers for its own benefit, as well as its concealment and denial of medical research and evidence concerning traumatic brain injuries suffered by WWE wrestlers."
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Haynes also seeks for the court to grant class action status for hundreds of former wrestlers and to force WWE to establish a medical trust fund to pay for wrestlers who suffer from injuries that took place in a WWE ring. Former WWE stars Vito Lograsso and Adam Mercer filed a class action lawsuit against WWE in January 2015 while being represented by the same lawyer as Haynes, Konstantine Kyros. In March 2016, the suit was dismissed by Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant. Read Less